plait

See also plaît

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pleɪt/, /plæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Etymology

From Old French pleit, from Latin plecto, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette) and to Russian сплетать.

Noun

plait (plural plaits)

1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.
2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

Translations

flat fold

• Finnish: taite (fi), vekki (fi)
• French: pli (fr) m

• Russian: складка (ru) (skládka) f

braid

• Belarusian: каса (be) (kasá) f
• Bulgarian: плитка (bg) (plítka) f
• Catalan: trena (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辮子 (cmn), 辫子 (cmn) (biànzi)

• Czech: cop (cs) m, pletenec (cs) m
• Finnish: letti (fi)
• French: natte (fr) f, tresse (fr) f

• German: Zopf (de) m
• Hungarian: copf (hu), hajfonat (hu)
• Japanese: 三つ編み (ja) (みつあみ, mitsuami)
• Jèrriais: tresse f
• Polish: warkocz (pl) m
• Russian: коса (ru) (kosá) f
• Slovak: pletenec (sk) m, vrkoč (sk) m
• Ukrainian: коса (uk) (kosá) f

Verb

plait (third-person singular simple present plaits, present participle plaiting, simple past and past participle plaited)

1. (transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
2. (transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.

Translations

to double in narrow folds — see pleat

to interweave

• Dutch: vlechten (nl)
• Finnish: letittää (fi) (hair), punoa (fi) (rope)
• French: natter (fr), tresser (fr)
• German: flechten (de)
• Hungarian: befon (hu)
• Jèrriais: tresser

• Latgalian: peit
• Latvian: pīt (lv)
• Lithuanian: pinti (lt)
• Romanian: împleti (ro)
• Russian: заплетать (ru) (zapletátʹ) impf., заплести (ru) (zaplestí) pf., плести (ru) (plestí) impf., сплести (ru) (splestí) pf.

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• Esperanto: plekti (eo)

Anagrams

• Patil

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French

Verb

plait

1. Alternative form of plaît.

Usage notes

• This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.

Anagrams

• pilât, pliât

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• plaid

Etymology

From Old French plait, plet.

Noun

plait (plural plaits)

1. an argument or debate

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Old French

Alternative forms

• plaist
• pleit
• plet

Noun

plait m (oblique plural plaiz, nominative singular plaiz, nominative plural plait)

1. agreement
2. argument; dispute
3. court (of law)
4. plea; ask; demand

Related terms

• plaidier, pleidier

Descendants

• English: plea

Descendants

• Middle English: plait (borrowed)
  • English: plea
  • Scots: plaid